Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Cara is doing well, still in pain. My Grrl and I watched a movie, The Priest... Took all day to watch it, since there were MANY interruptions! Good movie. :)

Tonight Robert cooks, and then to Grammas to look at stuff before it goes to goodwill, then to work, then home...what a day!

Not much to write, I harvested some grapes to try and use, oh, then we found mold on our first crop, lame...



Think it's from my opening it once...lame...gonna try again!

That is all for now!

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Cara is OK.

Surgery is over. She did great. Doctor is awesome!


We are home now, Cara was loopy, and it was hilarious! Getting ready to lay down for a while, then get the boy from the bus, then homework and dinner, and tonight back to work for a few hours, just to check some stuff...

Things that I know I took care of today were all messed up..but I need t verify that I did do it right after all..I wonder if the email proof that I have have been deleted by the sender, so my proof is gone? I'll start printing stuff if that is the case...




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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Woke up at 4:00. Had a strange, yet good dream. Don't remember much, other than that it was in Texas, there were evil forces to defeat in Cara's name, and I did... Think that has to do with her surgery?! Oh yeah, there was group dancing! WTH?

Cant get back to sleep, and now I am hungry to boot. Gonna get up soon and get going, I guess...

I might blog more, I might not... Just depends on how much my mother pisses me off today...

Just a note... Bedroom window is open, and I'm pretty sure there is a pissed off skunk at the golf course... Eeeewwwwwwww!


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Monday, August 29th, 2011

I took some pictures of our "wine in progress" this morning. I have been shaking the container when in think about it, to get the juices flowing!



Might not be the best idea? But last time we did it, it was an accident, so...

Anyhow, I have been up for 5 hours now, and it is barely 9:45, ugh!
Tomorrow is Cara's surgery. Hope they call soon with the time, that will be something that we know, one less unknown. I am nervous, but not as nervous as I know I will be tomorrow. I also know she will be fine, and I should look at this as a nice unplanned minivaca!

That is all for now!


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Sunday, August 28th, 2011

Cara's surgery is Tuesday. I feel guilty about missing work, but i
I am coming to terms with it!

Today, I weeded the garden, broke down some firewood, twigs mostly, made them small enough to fit in the fire place...cleaned the back patio...worked my butt off, oh yeah, I made banana bread and muffins... YUM!!!

My Grrrl and I went to Wal-Mart, and hung out for a while... That was nice. Now, we have cleaned the kitchen, and set out the food, and await the arrival of our guests, for what I am beginning to feel is a misguided idea of family togetherness...hhhhmmmmmmpppppphhhhhh.... I am sure in about an hour I will be thinking "what was I thinking?"

Anyhow, that is all for now, big long week ahead, please forgive if I don't blog much...




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Saturday, August 27th, 2011

Grapes have been harvested...not all, not even 1/4! Taken off of the vine, put in an airtight container...now we play the waiting game... Not sure how long we wait. I cant remember, because last time it was an accident...Hence the label, "Fu*k It, Let's Make Wine!" That is what we said when we found the fermented grapes...

So, that is just an update. We are not going out to dinner after all, change of plans, for the best...gonna work on sewing issues in the garage. If it wasn't so danm hot, we could have fire-time, but it's to hot! Can't wait for fall!




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Saturday August 27th, 2011

It's gonna be a long day! Nana's, library, home to clean for tomorrow, I want to start a sewing project for Yule, and then dinner with My Grrrl, a co-worker and his wife. Nervous about that one, I wanna back out, but I also don't...
Tappa tappa... I got your tappa tappa right here!

I may blog more, depending on how thongs go today!

That is all for now...



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Friday August 26th, 2011

Busy day at work... Grumpy people at home. About to go out for some retail therapy!


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Thursday August 25th, 2011

Today is an off day... Thinking about my garden, thinking about my Xmas crafts, payroll was messed up, lots of people got shorted, so I am going to take on some extra stuff tomorrow to make sure it gets taken care of.

My Grrrl is feeling under the weather, I do NOT like that. I do not like to see her anything but happy...having time off next week will be nice! I won't have as much as she thinks, I know that I won't. I think that I will come in at night for a few hours to get stuff done. Maybe she can come with me, that would be awesome. I know that there is billing and such that I need to stay on top of. And Kronos... I will check my email three times a day, see how that helps. Maybe I can get a few hours of "off-campus" work hours.


Either way, I don't really know why I can't get going on things I want to do! My Grrrl cleaned the garage from the cat mess yesterday, that went  A LONG way to make it look ( and smell ) nicer in there. I got to use the rotary cutter that Gramma gave me. I used it to start the tree crafts that I am going to do. I think that I will work on cleaning the crafting room some more tonight, if My Grrrl will sit in there with me!? Again, though, that goes to the planning instead of doing part of things, doesn't it?

I have some neat ideas for the garden again too...

Wow, it just dawned on me, that I don't even know what blog day it is...I have not followed that in a while! I think that today is Yule/Craft day...Well, OK, I am working on Christmas trees for family. I have one family member that loves them, so there you go. I am also working on pot holders, kinda, for my mothers mother (Granny) My mom is going to see her in October, so I would like to have her stuff done by then to send with my mom. I was going to make a scarf... Oh that reminds me... hang on...OK, I'm back... But I know that she would not wear it.. complain about being allergic to the yarn, or something... so pot holders it is... A picture book too, but crafting a set of pot holders...

I also had a brain storm in the middle of the night about my crocheted slippers... They get wet when I step in puddles... ice and dogs to blame mostly... So, I need a real bottom... So... I think that the next set I make will have plastic divider material in the bottom. I will have to make a "pocket" for the foot, slide the plastic in and close the "pocket". The crochet the top, I think that the next set will have a think strap that goes across the top, instead of a "lip" all the way around... Anyhow, that is the situation. More planning. I am really starting to see it, I like to plan as opposed to doing... Hmmmm, how to capitalize on that?

Well, that is all for now, I didn't think that I was going to have much to say, but surprise surprise!

Wednesday August 24th, 2011

My oldest daughter was reborn today, I would like to welcome to the world  MARIE LYNN BISHOP.

That is all I am going to blog today!

misty

Tuesday August 23rd, 2011

Whew! Got a major task off of my desk! Thank goodness! Feels good to have it done, and done well I think.

So tired. I really do think that I have another sinus infection? I NEED to start using the sinus rinse thing. I just know it's going to be gross and uncomfortable!

Last night was a nice night, My Grrrl took care of me, and I did a few things in the garage, AKA, sewing room. I am finally getting it under control. Soon, I will be able to work in there on Christmas stuff, and on personal stuff!

My Grrrl and I are going to make a quilt out of some gingham squares that  her Gramma gave us. It will be super cute and I am SO excited! Maybe we can make it a summer quilt, nice and light. Less work that way too! LOL

Listening to Harry Potter book 3, AGAIN. My legs hurt, my back hurts, and it is all from the exercise I did Sunday night. Not complaining at all! ;)

Well, back to it, I guess, lunch is over...

Monday August 22nd, 2011

I was just told that it is 2 weeks until my birthday! Woohoo! I knew that of course, but it is nice to know that someone is paying attention, someone of a selfish kid variety, that is... Actually, it is less than 2 weeks, because my birthday is Sunday... Oh well, close, right!?

Today I feel toxic.. I am loopy and tired! Ugh! I don't know what and why, but I do. My Grrrl said that she would take care of my tonight, that is something that I am looking forward too. I think that after dinner, I will cut in the shower line and take a hot shower, and ask her to rub something on my back, its hurty, and then crawl into bed with the blanket I am working on for her, I know where it is now... We will relax and watch more Tales From The Crypt! It really is the little things that make me happy! LOL

Work is getting busier and busier, or is it that I am dragging? Maybe both? my todo list doesn't look like I got much done, but I actually did. Yet, there is much more to do...

Just between you and me, I don't know where Marie's name change papers are, and I HAVE to find them tonight, as her court date is Wednesday!!! OH GEEZE! I have an idea of where they are, and if that is not where they are, I somewhat remember giving them to her to hold,her deal, right? I mean, I have copies, but not even of everything, so... I hope that between myself and her if need be, they are found!

Well, that is all, it is almost time to get out of here...

Sunday August 21st, 2011

Gave blood yesterday! Yeah for us! Wiped out! Went to Cara's therapy, the library, Nana's, took Cara to My Grrrls mommas house, back home, back to bed!

Marie and rob cooked spaghetti! The kid seem to get along better when there's only 2 of them at a time! Can't try to schedule the rest of our lives so someone is always gone, could I?

Today, Harry Potter marathon in bed. I helped Robert clean his room better this morning, and then he used an "All Day Privileges" coupon. That worked out well for him, but the girls didn't really use theirs...I guess he gets more this year, and something else for the girls.

We also have to get school supply orders filled. Most of the lists are in now, time to hit up the supply closet!

Wanted to sleep outside last night, good thing we didn't, cuz it started to POUR around midnight, or so I hear!

A day of rest, I have cramps, and back aches, and cycle related BS! Ugh!

Might work on my babies blanket too... If I can find it!

Lots of things in the planning stage, that is my favorite part of any project... :)

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Friday August 19th, 2011

Took Cara back to the Dr today. She is going to have surgery on the 30th... I am nervous, I don't really know why, I know that everything will be OK. I trust the doctor. I trust the system. I think that mostly I am worried about work, and the pile of stuff that will await me upon my return! I think that I will ask my boss if I can come in at night for a few hours, to catch up. I am sure that she will allow it and that way I can work unencumbered... I can also work from home, but I have limited resources there...

Tonight we feast on steak, I am just waiting on all the kids to get here so we can leave! LOL!
Tomorrow we go see the vampires, I mean the blood donation place! LOL!

Working on, thus unnamed crochet projects. I have decided that I like the double crochet by far the most! 

Marie came home last night, and already is stepping on toes! Gonna have to nip that in the bud!

OH! I forgot! We are going to try and sleep outside tonight! Woohoo! Well, we will see, I might just feel like laying out there until tired, then going to bed where the TV is! We have an early morning tomorrow anyhow... UGH... Beginning to dislike the weekends... More work on the weekends than at work! LOL

That is all, hopefully, kid folks will be here soon so we can go!

Thursday August 18th, 2011

Hot flashes and cold flashes, for lack of what better to call them... Can't seem to regulate my temperature today... Hungry, but when I eat, my tummy burns... WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME?!
It's either "the change" or PMS, either way, it is all the same to blame...

Listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on my iPad.

Tomorrow, Cara has her appointment to see the doctor again. Her cyst is back, as big as ever.Only had it drained like 3 weeks ago. I need to double check on that, but I think it was only 3 weeks...OK, it was 4 weeks ago, either way, it is back... My Grrrl is going to go with me, that is awesome! I like it when she is there too! I am going to work first, and then they will pick me up for the appointment, that way I get some stuff done before I go.

Lovin' the website that I made, but I have not had much time to work on it, again, no iPad access, and the home computer is SO SLOW! I think that I will have the kids come up with ideas, and then we can get them implemented this weekend, we will come by the office to do so?

Marie comes home tonight, I am going to get her, it will be late, and I will be tired, but it is almost the weekend, so it will be OK. Maybe there is another day in bed in my future!?

Friday night, we are going to sleep on the futon in the courtyard, weather permitting!

Nothing much exciting going on lately. Lots of Yule preparations planned and in the works, and I am feeling better now, than when I started... Animal Crackers make EVERYTHING better!

My Grrrl took some awesome pics of the hummingbirds that live in our Ash tree, and I think it is of the one that guards the feeder, and chases all the others off! I loe our courtyard!

Well, I guess that is it then..

Wednesday August 17th, 2011

Started a website! Neato bandito! Not much to talk about now, but as as I think that there is a blog option, I might be moving this blog over there. That remains to be seen. Ohhh, spooky, I was typing that as it was being read in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Now, what remains to be seen is... Do I listen to Harry Potter so much that I knew that was coming, or is it just a harry kinda coincidence?

School started yesterday... Cara seems to like her classes, maybe? Robert had a bus related mishap, but it should be all straightened out now.

Not much to write about... My Grrrl is trying to stop smoking. Hard thing to do, I can't even give up soda... UGH!

I have been doing some crocheting for Christmas, etc.

We have to get the car to the repair shop tonight, since it has to be there tomorrow, but I cannot be late to help get it there. I think that we might just cheat and have it towed. We do have to get gas, but that doesn't mean we can't have it towed too...

My garage is a mess...
My niece is coming over today...
My oldest will be back tomorrow night...
I have PMS, and I am tired...

We went for a walk last night, and that was nice. Well,. kinda. My Grrrl is in with drawl, so she is grumpy, understandably so, I just smile and try to remember that it is not personal, and in the end, all will be well, all will be better than it was. She will not be a smoker anymore, and I will not be a second hand smoker anymore!

I was thinking about it this morning, and when you stop drugs or drinking, you are a recovering user of that item. Why doesn't anyone speak of smoking in the same way? I mean, it is addictive. and it is hard as hell to quit, so why are ex-smokers called "recovering smokers"? Well, I am going to start calling it that.. I'm going to post it on Face book right now, that will get it going! LOL

OK, back to work!

Monday August 15th, 2011

Garden Update!

Harvested our first Sunflower Head yesterday, maybe a bit prematurely, but nonetheless!

Grapes are turning purple, now they just need to get BIG! They smell so good. Like nothing else in the world, and like nothing I can describe!

Pumpkins were getting killed by squash beetles... We got some stuff my mother in law suggested, seems to have worked! I pruned away the vines that were not producing yet, a bit late at this point, right?! Now, you can REALLY see what is actually out there! There are like 15 of them! AWESOME! Plenty for us, and our niece.

Robert go into Home Ec., so maybe he can take one or two to class!

I want to throw the "guts" into the are next to the garage, that way we can grow the pumpkins there next year.  They TOOK OVER in the actually garden!

We have some okra pods. Not sure how to know when they are ready, not sure what to do when we pick em, but there they are, and there you have it!

Let's see, My Grrrl did the carpets last week, bless her!  She did some rearranging too, living room looks great, so does the bedroom. We stayed in bed for 90% of the day yesterday, that was AWESOME!!

I have been working on Yule gifts... I know it is kinda early, for mere mortals, but for me... I am behind schedule! I want to sew next weekend, not any at night on weeknights, we are starting walking tonight... I am giving up soda, maybe slowly, but I have not had one yet, I have had tea. Bigger, and harder, My Grrrl is giving up smoking today. GO BABY! I am so proud of her, and happy! I know that it will b hard, and I am going to try VERY hard to be supportive and strong for her.

Well, lunch is over now, back to it. I have so much in my head, that I cannot contain it all. It is like there are tons pf pretty butterflies in a room where the window has a torn screen, They just keep making me say "Ahh, pretty", then flying away!

That is all for today~
Blessed Be

Where has the time gone?

Well, it has been 11 days now since I last blogged... What in the world? Well, I can say this, it has been really busy at work. It has been really busy at home too. With My Grrrls car getting stolen, and all ofnthe rigamarole involved in that... Wow, rigamarole is a world that my iPad recognized! Who knew!

Today is Saturday, we, are expecting a bed delivery soon, a twin with a trundle, from My Grrrls uncle. We will move the futon couch out of Marie's room, and into the courtyard. We will have an outdoor living room for a few months, and again in the fall. I plan to spend time out there each night!
Heck, I might sleep out there tonight!

Going to see Nana, and take Cara to therapy. Hope that I don't get called in, it is not my therapy, it is her....

Kids start school on Tuesday! Woohoo! My boss will be out of town on Friday, and I think that I will see if I can get My Grrrl to come hang out with me, and finish my filing cabinet!

I think I might start a website. I saw some neat stuff on About.com! We will just see.I also want to do the power point family tree like Marie was doing. With pictures, and more dates, but her idea, and how she was going about it, super neat idea!

Well, time to get going for the day! Woohoo? Here we go!



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Tuesday August 2nd, 2011

Well, it is reprupose or die day... My garage has been repurposed into my sewing room. Last night we got a table from My Grrls Gramma, that will be repuposed as a cutting table. Totally awesome. It has a leaf in it, so it has a line that I can use to make straight cuts! I was even thinking about how to add a tape measure in such a way that when the leaf is in and when it is out, it is still accurate. I am still working on that.

Last night was Lammas. Not exactly sure what that is, and I am kinda embarrassed by that... I just know that it was the bread holiday! We got bread and cheese last night, and it was good. My eyes were bigger than my tummy, partially, I think, because I am getting a cold, despite the good fight, I think that My Grrrl and I both are...  :( Lame!

Yesterday I found an email from her that shall not be named in my spam, from over a week ago. Haha, I spammed her! I wouldn't have even found it if I had not been looking for my Pottermore information. That still bugs me that I cannot remember it and cannot find it! UGH

Then last night, there were phone calls from her. I do not want her invading our lives anymore. I try my best to not let it get to me, to put on a brave front, smile, fight the good fight... Don't let her in anymore than she was. She has been banished, she needs to stay banished.

I have been fighting against feelings of resentment about the past months. My Grrrl feels like she was used to get to me. I feel like I was used by My Grrrl to get to her. I hate that I feel that way, and I am trying to fight it. I think that I know logically that is not it. I mean, I don't think that is what she intended, but nonetheless, that is how I feel, and that is my current struggle. I have a hard time talking to My Grrl about it because she gets into a funk when we talk about this kind of stuff, so that is why I vent it here. I need to get it off my chest, not necessarily talk to her about it, because other than her telling me that is not the case, I don't see what more she can do besides love me, which she does... :)

Well, I guess that is it. My head hurts, I am full of snot and my eyes are itchy! even if it is just allergies, it sucks!

I can't wait for this day to be over! Home to My Grrl, My Love, My Soulmate... :)

Monday August 1st, 2011... HOLY CRAP, WHERE HAVE I BEEN???

Almost seems like I dropped off the face of the planet? LOL... Thursday, my 12 year old son came to work with me. That was interesting. Friday, I flew solo, and it seems like I had a ton of stuff on my plate. Saturday, we went to see Nana, and then came home for the hotel extravaganza... It was fun... but only because we MADE it be fun! LOL!

We got there and the rooms were not ready. Finally, they were after an hour. The pool was broken, the whole reason for the picking of that locale... :(  I asked for the wifi code, free, since the pool was broken. I got it, reluctantly... My Grrrl and I brought a DVD player so we could watch movies, no way to hook it up to their TV, even after a trip home to get more cords, and such! Basicest of the basic cable... We did have a yummy Dion's dinner and the kids had fun. My Grrrl and I took a bath. We played Mahjong on my iPad most of the night. I crashed, not sure what time, late considering that we said we were gonna stay up all night.

Sunday, we relaxed, no napping as I'd hoped, we were antsy. Marie's party from 6 to 8. I found my old attempt at a family tree. Started in 1996...HOLY CRAP!!! Pretty cool. I'm going to use it as a jumping off point! Marie showed me a really cool thing she did on power point, so I am going to steal that idea! Cara mentioned having family tree trading cards. I think that is a good idea. I think that I have heard of that before. I would not even know how to go about doing that! On a budget at least!

Anyhow, Monday is foto fun? I don't have anything! Ill see what I have later, maybe post something, to be perfectly honest, it has been to hot to do anything. Motivation is low for me in the summer. Planning is high, follow through is not! LOL

Back to the grindstone now!